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Giannis Tsakonas
@gtsakonas.bsky.social
Library Director at University of Patras, Greece / Vice President of LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries / personal views
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📣 Call for Proposals - #LIBER2026

We invite the research library community to submit proposals for presentations, workshops, panel sessions, or posters, and be part of next year's conference in Trondheim, Norway.

⌛Submission deadline: 5 Jan 2026.

Read the full call: https://ow.ly/mPyI50XkQac
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Workout finish point.
June 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Office view today
May 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Another great book about the politics around the treatment of the dead in ancient Greece and how we can review modern times' cases through the classical texts. Excellent reading by Efimia Karakantza and her colleagues that shows why humanity studies remain relevant.
March 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
HEAL-Link, our academic libraries consortium, partners with OpenAIRE to develop the National Research Activity Monitoring Infrastructure. #openaccess #openscience
www.openaire.eu/openaire-awa...
OpenAIRE Awarded Development of National Infrastructure for Mapping Greece’s Research Activity, Under the Auspices of HEAL-Link
Scientific Knowledge Graph. Scholarly Communication Knowledge Graph. Open scholarly communication infrastructure. European Open Science Cloud. Open Access. Open Data. Open Science
www.openaire.eu
March 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Electronic books & libraries in Greece: examination of the field" is a collection of studies about ebooks in GR libraries, with the support of @knowledgerights21.org, that highlight problems & opportunities. Interesting reading with some help by yours truly www.knowledgerights21.org/reports/e-bo...
March 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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February 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We have published the survey on the perceptions &attitudes of the Greek academic community towards #OpenAccess. It is the 2nd survey conducted by the Scholarly Communication Unit of HEAL-Link (Hellenic Academic Libraries Link); currently in GR -with an ENG abstract- at zenodo.org/records/1488...
H Ανοικτή Πρόσβαση στην Ελλάδα: αντιλήψεις και στάσεις στα ακαδημαϊκά ιδρύματα
Η έρευνα για τις αντιλήψεις των ερευνητών και ερευνητριών στα ελληνικά ακαδημαϊκά ιδρύματα σχετικά με την Ανοικτή Πρόσβαση είναι η δεύτερη εθνικής εμβέλειας έρευνα που εκπονεί η Μονάδα Επιστημονικής Ε...
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February 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The @investinopen.bsky.social team issued an urgent call to action to support the global research ecosystem, as recent funding cuts and program changes in the US & other countries threaten the open infrastructure that underpins global research. Start acting at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
With George Kazantzidis we have organized an event about horror literature, with live music> horror-pariah.bandcamp.com/album/horror... Now, I had designed the poster for this event about horror in classical antiquity, one I enjoyed much. So, I'm thrilled to see this published, also in #openaccess
February 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A few weeks ago we hosted a webinar about indexing Greek journals in @doaj.bsky.social. While the Greek report is on the Scholarly Communication Unit website, there is a short one in English at www.linkedin.com/posts/gtsak_..., giving some aspects of our audience as well. #openscience #openaccess
Giannis Tsakonas on LinkedIn: Αναφορά σεμιναρίου για την ευρετηρίαση επιστημονικών περιοδικών στο DOAJ
This is the report of our webinar yesterday on the indexing process of Greek journals in DOAJ. The seminar aimed at editorial boards, which -based on the poll…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gtsak_αναφορά-σεμιναρίου-για-την-ευρετηρίαση-επιστημονικών-activity-7288555696571211776-VP42/
February 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@libereurope.bsky.social encourages stakeholders in its network to review its consultation document & share their feedback on practical guidelines that help research libraries implement actions based on the findings of the ERA study on #EU copyright & data framework libereurope.eu/article/open...
Open Consultation: Improving Access and Reuse of Research Results by Addressing Copyright and Data Legislative & Regulatory Issues - A LIBER Action Plan - LIBER Europe
libereurope.eu
February 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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LIBER and library organisations take over the European Parliament!

A highlight event from 2024 'Building Bridges' by #PL2030 brought LIBER, European library sector, and MEPs together to connect on topics most critical to research libraries.

Find our reflections on the LIBER blog👉 ow.ly/Q8tp50UMG4l
January 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I have spent the entire day working on the reviewing process of the @libereurope.bsky.social conference. This version, with more than 200 submissions from 40 countries, is driving my excitement to new heights. Very fascinating ideas & practices from research libraries from all over the world.
January 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is the view from the chapel of St. Jerusalem in the area of Livadeia, a small city in the Greek mainland. It takes half an hour and more than 600 steps to reach the chapel, but the view is rewarding.
December 27, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that @knowledgerights21.org has been extended for further 5 years thanks to the generous support of the Arcadia Fund. 🎉

As one of the project partners, we are excited to continue the work on copyright reform in the project's second phase: ow.ly/Pm5350UteC4
Strengthening the Movement, Deepening the Community: Knowledge Rights 21 Funding Extension - LIBER Europe
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December 18, 2024 at 1:55 PM
This is the report on the first training course of HEAL Link, the consortium of Greek academic libraries, on research data management that happened in the frame of the PATTERN project. So proud of the work of my colleagues Marios & Theodora scholarly.heal-link.gr/en/news-en/f... #openscience #Greece
The first steps of “Quickstart to Research Data Management” – HEAL-Link – Scholarly Communication
scholarly.heal-link.gr
December 3, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Rich program for the next two days in the #LIBERWE in Maribor, Slovenia.
November 26, 2024 at 10:35 AM
On my way to the LIBER winter event via Venice. Not the obvious choice to reach Maribor, but certainly one of the most classy ones. Some time is reserved to walk around when going back. libereurope.eu/eventscalend...
November 25, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Excited about the new LIBER conference; its structure changes to give more opportunities for dialogue & interaction. Our goal is to attract more communities that our libraries can support, exchange our curiosity & find synergies on the big problems of the world.
liberconference.eu/call-for-pro...
Call for Proposals LIBER 2025 Annual Conference – 54th LIBER Annual Conference
liberconference.eu
November 17, 2024 at 5:45 PM